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#aedaed ≈ Light Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#aedaed is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 68.24% red, 85.49% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.58% cyan, 8.02% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 198.1°, with 63.64% saturation and 80.59% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.05:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Blue (#add8e6), ΔE 1.99.

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Web safe#99ccff
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Relative luminance0.6526

Complementary

  1. #aedaed
  2. #edc1ae

Split complementary

  1. #aedaed
  2. #edaebb
  3. #ede1ae

Analogous

  1. #aeede1
  2. #aedaed
  3. #aebbed

Triadic

  1. #aedaed
  2. #edaeda
  3. #daedae

Tetradic

  1. #aedaed
  2. #c1aeed
  3. #edc1ae
  4. #daedae

Square

  1. #aedaed
  2. #e1aeed
  3. #edc1ae
  4. #bbedae

Monochromatic

  1. #31a1d1
  2. #6fbddf
  3. #aedaed
  4. #edf7fb
  5. #eef7fb

Shades

#aedaed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #aedaed
  2. #9dc4d5
  3. #8baebe
  4. #7a99a6
  5. #68838e
  6. #576d77
  7. #46575f
  8. #344147
  9. #232c2f
  10. #111618
  11. #000000

Tints

#aedaed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #aedaed
  2. #b6deef
  3. #bee1f1
  4. #c6e5f2
  5. #cee9f4
  6. #d7edf6
  7. #dff0f8
  8. #e7f4fa
  9. #eff8fb
  10. #f7fbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#aedaed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #aedaed
  2. #a9d1e2
  3. #a5c8d7
  4. #a0bfcc
  5. #9cb6c1
  6. #97adb7
  7. #92a4ac
  8. #8e9ba1
  9. #899296
  10. #85898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.49:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.05:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d3d3d3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c5d6de ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d8ee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c6d0ed ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #9be0e0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c3d9ee ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bdd4ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a3dee5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-aedaed {
  color: #aedaed;
}
Background
.bg-aedaed {
  background-color: #aedaed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-aedaed {
  border: 2px solid #aedaed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #aedaed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 174 218 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 198 64% 81%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-aedaed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aedaed, #aebbed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-aedaed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(174 218 237 / 0.35);
}

#add8e6 Light Blue ΔE 1.99 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 2.98 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 3.50 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 5.45 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 5.87 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 5.91 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 5.95 #512512 Inverted #d3d3d3 Grayscale 

Light Blue
#aedaed  rgb(174, 218, 237)  hsl(198, 64%, 81%)  Light Blue
#edc1ae  rgb(237, 193, 174)  hsl(18, 64%, 81%)  Zinnwaldite
#edaeda  rgb(237, 174, 218)  hsl(318, 64%, 81%)  Plum
#daedae  rgb(218, 237, 174)  hsl(78, 64%, 81%)  Tea Green